TANO Membership Perk

Just thought I would let ya'll know about this new perk as a TANO member:


Your organization is receiving this program (a $599 value) as a
benefit of your TANO membership. As long as your TANO membership remains
current, you will have access to all the resources of GrantStation
including:
* Find-a-Funder Database - Quickly sort through thousands of private
grantmakers to identify the national, regional, and "hard-to-find" local
funders most likely to support any given program or project.
* Federal Deadlines - Federal notices of funding availability are posted
twice a week and are keyword-searchable.
* State Government Links - Hyperlinks to state grantmaking agencies
simplifies state funding research.
* International Funders - Comprehensive profiles of grantmakers throughout
the world are posted weekly and are keyword-searchable.
* GrantsMentor - A step-by-step tutorial helps Members build compelling
grant requests, write powerful letters of inquiry, and manage grant awards.
GrantStation Insider - This weekly e-newsletter is delivered to your desktop
every Monday morning full of upcoming grant deadlines - both private and
federal.
TANO provided GrantStation with an email address for your organization based
on your membership application. Please check the contact email address in
the email you received from GrantStation to ensure that future
communications from GrantStation will go to the proper person in your
organization. If you would like to change the designated recipient for
these emails, please let either myself or GrantStation know. Also in the
email, GrantStation provided your organization with one User Name and
Password. You may change these once you log into GrantStation the first
time. To begin using your Membership, simply go to the login page and enter
your username and password.
TANO will be hosting a FREE webinar tour of GrantStation
Monday, November 17 at 3:00 p.m. central time.
Register at http://www.tano.org/en/cev/317.
These tours are a great way to learn of all the benefits of this wonderful
resource.

Preliminary Contact #'s

I though ya'll might like to know....I have some preliminary reporting numbers for 2008. I say they are preliminary because, I am in shock as to how high they are. I will try to have an official report by the BOD meeting next Friday. Remember the last report combined 2 years:


2008 06 & ‘07
# Partnerships 25 14
# New Volunteers 42 33
# Classes 102 89
# Participants 1357 1063

Volunteer Instructor needed

Thursday, November 20, 2008
Travis County Healthy Families Program
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Money Matters and Pay Yourself First
12 County staff who work with First Time Mothers - a Train-the-Trainer of sorts

Super Duper Help!

Tim Moulderig came in today to begin his new role as volunteer manager/coordinator. Working with the ACCESS database that Lorraine Beir has initiated, he began entering the data for our current members/volunteers. I can't tell you how excited I am to have this process begin.

Also, I visited with John (administrative assistant) today about writing a desk procedure book related to everything FLCCT. He is so very competent in office management procedures. I am so excited about his capabilities as well.

Tim Moulderig can be added to the list of potential board members (this is for the nominating committee). His banking and financial background is extensive.

Technology is Great

Thanks for the responses to the evite for the upcoming BOD meeting, 11.7.08. These are the totals so far:

11 YES
3 MAYBE
8 NO

FLCCT now has a direct email account. The address is:

travis.flcoalition@gmail.com

The direct address for the blog is:

www.flcct-flcct.blogspot.com

Welcome new administrative assistant

John Riegler began today as my new administrative assistant. He is retired from the Secretary of State office. I know you will make him feel welcome in his new role, which includes work with FLCCT.

Oops! We didn't get finished

Team PayPay did not make the deadline for completing the website.  It will be coming soon. 

FLCCT and Team Paypal Compete in AIR-Austin

Team PayPal:
Nicole Sims
Jeremy Moss
Chuck White

FLCCT:
Jane Parker
Pam Noble

After today, check out our new web presence: www.flcct.org

Classes for next week

Wednesday, October 22

Goodwill New Employee Orientation 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
12015 Norwood Park Blvd Austin, 78753
Room 1116 Contact is: Shama Blaney de Oliveira
Instructor: Betty Davis
Shadow: Darrick McGill

Keep Austin Housed Americorps Program 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
500 e. 7th Street Austin 78704
Money Matters
Instructor: Gerry Guerrero
Shadow: Robert Wittmer
Pay Yourself First
Instructor: Betty Davis
Shadow: Robert Wittmer

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Refuge Services of Texas 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Contact Sofia Casini
109 Denson Dr. Austin 78752
Instructor: Betty Davis
Shadow: Lorraine Bier

WELCOME TO THE NEW FLCCT BLOG

This is an attempt to update some technology for FLCCT. Please add your comments.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MILLIONAIRES?

This came from one of our newest members, Tim Mulderig. He sends it from a post from J.D. Roth at partner blog Get Rich Slowly.

How much do you know about millionaires? My wife recently had dinner with her friend Linda, who is a high school social studies teacher. As they ate, Linda bemoaned the lack of personal-finance and economics education in the United States. She mentioned that every year she gives her economics students a short "millionaire quiz" to see just how much they know about wealth and where it comes from. They do poorly at it, which surprises them. Linda says they always pay attention to the follow-up discussion. Because I asked nicely, Linda sent me a copy of the millionaire quiz in the mail. Here are the questions that give the kids so much trouble:·

1. Most millionaires are college graduates.
2. Most millionaires work fewer than 40 hours a week.
3. More than half of all millionaires never received money from a trust fund or estate.
4. More millionaires have American Express Gold Cards than Sears cards.
5. More millionaires drive Fords than Cadillacs.
6. Most millionaires work in glamorous jobs, such as sports, entertainment or high-tech.
7. Most millionaires work for big Fortune 500 companies.
8. Many poor people become millionaires by winning the lottery.
9. College graduates earn about 65% more than high school graduates earn.
10. If an average 18-year-old high school graduate spends as much as an average high school dropout until both are 67 years old, but the high school graduate invests the difference in his or her earnings at 8% annual interest, the high school graduate would have $5.5 million.
11. Day traders usually beat the stock market and many of them become millionaires.
12. If you want to be a millionaire, avoid the risky stock market.
13. At age 18, you decide not to smoke and save $1.50 a day. You invest this $1.50 a day at 8% annual interest until you are 67. At age 67, your savings from not smoking are almost $300,000.
14. If you save $2,000 a year from age 22 to age 65 at 8% annual interest, your savings will be more than $700,000 at age 65.
15. Single people are more often millionaires than married people.

Here are the answers:

1. True. About 80% of millionaires have college degrees: 18% have master's degrees, 8% have law degrees, 6% have medical degrees, and 6% are Ph.D.s. I'm a firm believer in the value of a college education. These numbers bolster that belief.
2. False. Nearly two-thirds of millionaires work 45 to 55 hours per week.
3. True. Only 19% of millionaires received any income or wealth from a trust fund or estate. Only 10% inherited more than 10% of their wealth.
4. False. A total of 28.6% of millionaires have AmEx gold cards, while 43% have Sears cards. The wealthy do no choose credit cards based on status -- they choose them based on utility. They use them as tools.
5. True. This is kind of a lame question, though: 9.4% of millionaires drive Fords and 8.8% drive Cadillacs. I suspect that's different from the average for the rest of the population. Only 23% of millionaires drive a current-year car.
6. False. Most millionaires work in ordinary industries and jobs.
7. False. This one always blows my mind: 75% of millionaires are self-employed or consider themselves entrepreneurs -- 75%! Most of the rest are professionals like doctors, lawyers or accountants.
8. False. I hope this is obvious. Odds of becoming a lottery millionaire: 1 in 12 million. Odds of a woman giving birth to quadruplets: 1 in 700,000. How many quadruplets do you know? Do you know how to win the lottery? Don't play.
9. True. On average, the more education you have, the more money you'll earn.· True. Again, education means more money.
10. False. About 80% of day traders lose money.· False. Since 1926, the S&P 500 has increased at about 11% annually. There's risk, of course, and this doesn't include taxes or inflation. Still, the point is solid. Long term, stocks are likely to generate growth.
11. True. Again, this is the extraordinary power of compound interest.
12. True. This, too, is the power of compound interest.
13. False. Most millionaires are married and stay married. Divorce, on the other hand, only hurts net worth (except for that of your lawyer).